River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate ...

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic ...

Hoeflich said these alerts will usually get issued about a day in advance of a potential flood, sometimes even more. He ...

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are ...

State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending ...

A new report has found that officials in Kerr County, Texas, did not use technology that would have sent potentially ...

At a news conference on Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott said people in Texas were used to flash flood warnings, but there was no ...

CBS News analysis shows there were 22 warnings sent by the National Weather Service for Kerr County and the Kerrville area, but many residents say they didn't get alerts.

Government warnings reach mobile devices through partnerships between FEMA, FCC and carriers like Verizon and AT&T, as shown ...

County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until ...

When the National Weather Service Office issues a flood watch, or a flash flood watch, the forecast has the potential for ...

Go to Settings > Notifications > Government Alerts. Make sure Public Safety Alerts, Emergency Alerts and Always Play Sound ...